CVE-2026-93138

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-93138

Key Details

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

What to Know

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix vmlinux BTF prep race in bpf_get_btf_vmlinux

bpf_get_btf_vmlinux() lazily parses the vmlinux BTF under the

bpf_verifier_lock, but publishes the result through a plain store

and re-checks it through a plain lockless load. Nothing orders

the stores initializing the struct btf inside btf_parse_vmlinux()

against the store publishing the pointer: On a weakly ordered

arch, a concurrent first-time caller taking the lockless fast

path could in principle observe the pointer before the parsed

contents are visible. The mutex_unlock() does not help such a

reader given it only synchronizes with a later acquisition of the

same lock. Thus, publish the pointer with smp_store_release()

and read it on the fast path with smp_load_acquire().

Acquire semantics are needed rather than a dependency-ordered

READ_ONCE(): btf_parse_vmlinux() also populates globals outside

the returned object (e.g. bpf_ctx_convert.t). An address

dependency would only order accesses performed through the

pointer and not cover other globals. (NVD)

What to Do

Monitor Linux's web page for any future patch releases.

References